Million Dollar Musings: MLB DFS Picks Today for Thursday 6/4
Whether you are looking for the top pitchers or the best stacks, Dave Potts (aka CheeseIsGood) has you covered with an extensive deep dive into his MLB DFS picks today. Cheese, one of the preeminent baseball minds in all of fantasy sports and a winner of a $1,000,000 1st-place prize on both DraftKings and FanDuel, is here to muse about the June 4, 2026 MLB DFS slate.
Happy Thursday! We have a 5-game slate tonight that is pretty lopsided in favor of the bats. There is just one elite ace alone in the top tier, and then 9 of the 10 offenses have clear upside, highlighted by a hitter-friendly wind in Wrigley Field.
There is also an early 4-game slate starting at 1:05 PM ET, and if you’re playing that slate, we have Expert tags and analysis available in our MLB lineup optimizer, LineupHQ.
Thursday Pitching: MLB DFS Picks on DraftKings and FanDuel
This pitching slate is basically Chris Sale all alone up top and then just a small handful of other options to mix and match for some savings.
- Chris Sale vs. Blue Jays – 30.2% K, 6.4% BB, 2.01 ERA, 2.91 SIERA
- Shota Imanaga vs. A’s – 24.3% K, 6.3% BB, 4.37 ERA, 3.64 SIERA
- Justin Wrobleski at Diamondbacks – 16% K, 5.6% BB, 2.87 ERA, 4.56 SIERA
- Jared Jones at Astros – 2nd start of season
- Seth Lugo at Twins – 20.1% K, 7.7% BB, 3.55 ERA, 4.24 SIERA
- Kai-Wei Teng vs. Pirates – 25.7% K, 11.4% BB, 2.57 ERA, 3.83 SIERA
Chris Sale is in a different stratosphere than all these other options. The matchup isn’t great, but that would only matter if we had someone to pivot to. All I can really say here is that because the Blue Jays are a low-strikeout lineup against lefties, there is a chance that Sale can be just good instead of great. That would make it harder to get a must-have score at his salary, but even so, you’d still have to find someone else to play in his place and two other someones on DK. Let’s see what we find and then circle back.
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About the Author
One of the preeminent baseball minds in all of fantasy, Dave Potts (aka CheeseIsGood) has won contests at the highest levels of both season-long and DFS. He is a 2x winner of a $1,000,000 1st-place prize in DFS, having won the 2014 FanDuel baseball Live Final and following that up by taking down a DraftKings Milly Maker Tournament in 2015. In addition, he’s won the Main Event championship in the National Fantasy Baseball Championship and the NFBC Platinum League, which is the highest buy-in entry league. His consistent success in the NFBC tournaments earned him a prestigious spot in their Hall of Fame. Dave can also strum a mean guitar while carrying a tune, and if you’re lucky, you’ll see him do so on one of his MLB Crunch Time appearances. Follow Dave on X – @DavePotts2